Chapter 211: General Mobilization

The "Notice to All Federal Citizens" was distributed to everyone's personal terminal.

This time, the Federal did not conceal.

Instead, it openly disclosed the brutal truth about the Third-level Civilization, about the Silicon-based Union, and about interstellar taxation.

Of course, it also announced Qin Hao's inspiring counterattack plan!

When this news spread to every corner of the Federal,

The entire civilization first fell into a brief silence.

Immediately followed by an outburst of anger and fighting spirit like a mountain roar and sea tsunami!

"Bullying civilization too much! On what grounds do they demand our tribute!"

"The destiny of our human civilization must be in our own hands! We will never be anyone's slaves!"

"Ten years! Isn't it just ten years? We'll give it our all!"

"I am a steel mecha engineer; starting today I apply for the 797 work system! I will not rest until I build the strongest steel mecha!"

"I am a student of the Federal's First Military Academy; I apply to graduate early and join the Expeditionary Corps! To defend home and country, I would die without regret!"

"I am just an ordinary farmer, but I am willing to donate all my contribution points to produce one more antimatter bomb for the frontline soldiers!"

Online and in reality, everywhere is filled with such voices of shared hatred against the enemy.

The invasion of the Mo Yun Empire has long since unleashed the resilience and indomitability etched into the bones of the human race.

We may have been weak, but we have never yielded!

Under tremendous external pressure, the entire Human Federal burst forth with an unimaginable cohesion.

All resources are being directed toward the military industry.

Countless factories have launched a 24-hour nonstop production mode.

Research institutes are lit up; all scientists, referencing the materials provided by Qin Hao, are conducting technological breakthroughs at an unimaginable speed.

And those "protected civilizations", upon learning of the new "labor contribution index", although filled with complaints,

but under the cold muzzles of the Federal fleet and the slim hope of perhaps gaining freedom in ten years, they can only choose to endure silently.

They are like countless worker ants, providing the most basic power for this huge human war machine.

The entire Yanhuang Star System has become a massive, high-speed operating war factory.

Not only here, but the Solar System is even more the core of defense.

During the previous war against the Moyun Civilization, this place continuously produced various weapons and warships.

As of now,

The number of warships has again surpassed two million; adding the two million from the Yanhuang Star System, the entire human civilization possesses four million main warships.

Moreover, every day new warships roll off the line and new technologies are broken through.

The strength of the Human Federal is growing wildly at a visibly observable speed.

And the architect of all this, Qin Hao, has disappeared from everyone's sight.

All affairs are handled by the Rote Commissioner, Zhang Yunfeng, and others.

He himself has entered the deepest state of seclusion.

Called seclusion, but actually he found a star several times the mass of the Sun a few light-years away and entered its core to charge Energy Points.

Incidentally, he feels the rules of cosmic operation.

What he intends to do is use the perception granted by his superhuman genes to observe, analyze, and master these most fundamental rules.

It must be said, the charging speed at the star's core is indeed fast.

As soon as he entered, the system transmitted a prompt tone.

【System automatically activates high-efficiency absorption mode, Energy Points +9.8 billion】

【Energy Points +9.7 billion】

"This speed is much faster than controlled nuclear fusion, but it's still too slow."

Qin Hao's brows slightly furrowed.

Because even if we average 10 billion Energy Points per second, 24 hours a day yields only 864 Energy Units per day, and only 310,000 per year.

For high-tech technologies requiring hundreds of thousands or even millions of Energy Units, this is merely a drop in the bucket.

The best charging location would be a black hole, but the nearest black hole is also eight or nine hundred light-years away.

At his speed, a round trip would take several decades, and even a curvature ship traveling at a hundred times the speed of light would take over a decade; time is somewhat insufficient.

"Forget it, let's just leave it as is for now!"

Qin Hao shook his head.

Immediately afterward, his consciousness had completely immersed itself in perceiving the cosmic rules.

He imagined himself becoming the universe itself.

Feeling how gravity gathers celestial bodies and how it bends spacetime.

Observing how electromagnetism gives rise to light and electricity, forming the basis of life's perception of the world.

Analyzing the strong nuclear force, how it binds the tiniest particles tightly together, forming stable matter.

Also comprehending the weak nuclear force, how through decay it allows matter to undergo eternal transformation between different forms.

This knowledge is profound and vast.

Any one of them would be enough for a top physicist to devote a lifetime's energy to study.

But at this moment, within Qin Hao's sea of consciousness, it lets him perceive in the most intuitive and fundamental way.

His body also underwent some transformations in this process.

Every cell was resonating with these forces.

The body was gradually breaking free of carbon-based constraints, moving toward a higher-order rule-based life form, making its final leap.

Time passed second by second under this perception.

One year.

Two years.

Five years.

……

The Federal's preparations were in full swing.

Qin Hao's secluded cultivation had entered the most critical stage.

And the self-proclaimed elf merchant Elwin, over these five years, also conducted several trades with the Federal.

Each time, he brought some new technology and some irrelevant information.

And Lan Ge would exchange with him some Mo Yun Empire tech, or human-developed tricks that looked impressive but were actually useless.

Both sides, in this tacit friendly trade, each took what they needed, enjoying themselves immensely.

Through Elwin, the Human Federal's understanding of the "Silicon-based Union civilization" grew ever deeper.

It was indeed an extremely xenophobic civilization that adhered to the dark forest law—a cold, mechanical civilization.

Their main body was a colossal mechanical planet over thirty thousand kilometers in diameter.

Lacking any concept of individuality, all their mechanical units were controlled by a central main brain, forming an absolutely rational collective-consciousness civilization.

Their fleet was entirely standardized—pure war machines built solely for slaughter.

Moreover, Elwin also revealed a piece of news that made the Federal high command even more uneasy.

That is, the Silicon-based Union civilization seemed to be locked in a protracted war with another third-level civilization, the religious civilization known as the "Star Sea Divine Teaching".

This also drove their demand for resources to an unprecedented level of desperation.

For those vassal civilizations within their territory, their exploitation grew ever more brutal.

This news caused the Human Federal to abandon all hope of a peaceful resolution.

Seeking the tiger's skin is no different than courting self-destruction.

There was only one way out.

That was—war!

Thoroughly knock down that so-called "Lord", cripple it!

Even destroy them, then replace them!